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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

Teal-style independent Helen Conway to run for North Shore in NSW election

Helen Conway will run as an independent candidate for the NSW seat of North Shore.
Helen Conway will run as an independent candidate for the NSW seat of North Shore. Photograph: supplied by Helen Conway

A former corporate lawyer who spent years at the helm of the federal government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency will challenge Liberal MP Felicity Wilson in the seat of North Shore at the New South Wales election in March.

Helen Conway will on Tuesday be announced as an independent candidate in the blue ribbon seat, with the backing of a “teal” community group – North Sydney’s Independent – that launched Kylea Tink’s successful federal campaign.

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